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Right. [laughter] >> that's true. >> would you work with us in terms of what regulations you think are necessary in your industry? >> absolutely. >> would you submit to us and proposed regulations? >> yes. and i have my team follow up with you so that way we can have this discussions across the differing categories where i think that this discussion needs to happen. >> look forward to it. >> when you sign up for facebook, you sign up for terms of service. are you familiar with that? >> yes. >> okay. >> it says the terms govern your use of facebook and the products, features, apps, services, te...

On; is that right? >> senator, i want to make sure we get this right, so i want to have my team follow up with you on that afterwards. >> well, now, that doesn't seem that complicated to me. you understand this better than i do, but maybe you can explain to me why that's that's complicated. do you track devices that an individual who uses facebook has that is connected to the device that they use for their facebook connection but not necessarily connected to facebook? >> i'm not sure the answer to that question. >> really? >> yes. there may be some data that is necessary to provide the service...

Hide the ball. consumers need information they need to make informed choice whether or not to visit a particular website to. my mind, these are questions that we should ask or be focusing on. now, mr. zuckerberg, i remember well your first visit to capitol hill back in 2010. you spoke to the senate republican high tech task force, which i chair. you said back then that facebook would always be free. is that still your objective? >> senator, yes. there will always be a version of facebook that is free. it is our mission to try to help connect everyone around the world and bring the world close ...

One app. both your texts and your facebook messages in one place. we also allow people the option of. >> you can opt in or out of it. >> it is opt in. you have to affirmatively say that you want to sync that information before you get access. >> unless you opt in, you don't collect that call and text mystery? >> is correct. >> is that true for -- is this practice done at all with minors or do you make an exception there for persons age 13 to 17? >> i do not know we can follow up on that. >> okay. let's do that. there have been reports that facebook can track a user's internet browsing activity...

Cambridge analytica worked with the trump campaign to refine tactics and were facebook employees involved in that? >> senator, i don't know that our employees were involved with cambridge analytica although i know we did help out with the trump campaign overall in sales support in the same way we do with other campaigns. >> they may have been involved in all working together during that time period? maybe that's something your investigation will find out. >> senator, i can certainly have my team get back to you on any specifics there that i don't know sitting here today. >> have you heard of t...